The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 6 , Pages 1309-1317 , December 2009

Recurrence after neoadjuvant chemoradiation and surgery for esophageal cancer: Does the pattern of recurrence differ for patients with complete response and those with partial or no response?

  • Robert A. Meguid, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
    • R.A.M. and C.M.H. contributed equally to this article.
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  • Craig M. Hooker, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
    • R.A.M. and C.M.H. contributed equally to this article.
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  • Joshua T. Taylor, BS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
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  • Laurence R. Kleinberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
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  • Stephen M. Cattaneo II, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
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  • Marc S. Sussman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
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  • Stephen C. Yang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
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  • Richard F. Heitmiller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Md
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  • Arlene A. Forastiere, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
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  • Malcolm V. Brock, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Dr Malcolm V. Brock, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, 600 North Wolfe St, Blalock 240, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287.

Received 7 July 2008 ,Revised 26 June 2009 ,Accepted 29 July 2009.

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 Disclosures: R.A.M. was supported on the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (T32DK007713) while undertaking this study. M.V.B. was supported in part for this work by National Institutes of Health Award (NIH 1R33CA127055-01).

 Presented at the annual meeting of Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Kona, Hawaii, June 25, 2008.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01053-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.07.069

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 6 , Pages 1309-1317 , December 2009

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